DeCrow v. Harkness’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It was not a figment of the testator’s imagination. It was not a delusion springing from a mind disordered by disease. It had a solid basis in reality. However, much it may be regretted that the testator could not forgive, as Mrs. Wisner probably did, his resentment was human and natural, and if he magnified his injury and illogieally and unjustly carried his resulting prejudice too far, so that it extended to the family over which Charles presided, he was not possessed of an insane delusion within the purview of any well-considered decision of which this court is aware.” (p. 152.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Foulks v. McCray

2. ““A careful examination of the entire record discloses some reason for Mr. Harkness’ feeling that his children had not treated him as a parent deserves or as he might expect from his own flesh and blood who lived within reach and failed to call on him in time of sickness. Also- that there had been some discussion and irritation over his failure to divide up the property when his first wife died.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Foulks v. McCray